Practitioners and policymakers often observe that collaboration among public, non-profit and private sector leadership is crucial to the economic prosperity of the places in which they operate. But not all collaborations are equally effective. What are the determinants of effective...

Practitioners and policy makers often observe that collaboration among public, non-profit and private sector leadership is crucial to the economic prosperity of the places in which they operate. But not all collaborations are equally effective. What are the determinants of effective...

This paper describes a plan for evaluating the Community Education Circles (CECs) program that is being implemented in the Lawrence Public Schools as part of an effort to enhance family-school engagement and improve outcomes for both students and parents. The CECs program supports the larger...

While economists and others have studied the impact of abandoned foreclosed homes on nearby home prices and crime, very few scholars have attempted to understand the impact of abandonment and rehabilitation on neighborhood social conditions. The foreclosure crisis of 2005-2010 led to a...

Many studies have established that people in high poverty neighborhoods who select to participate in housing mobility programs cite crime and violence as primary motivations for wanting to make a residential move. Using a novel approach, we analyzed qualitative data across several studies to...

In the wake of the mortgage crisis, neighborhood stabilization efforts have been launched to allay some of the "secondary effects of the mortgage crisis -- the economic and social impacts on properties, neighborhoods, and communities." One example of this kind of effort is the federally funded...